Murder Package Deal

Rick Holman

by Carter Brown

VG/VG+ condition, pages tight in creaseless spine

Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1964

About the author

Carter Brown was the pseudonym of Alan Geoffrey Yates (1923-1985), who was born in London and educated in Essex.

He married Denise Mackellar and worked as a sound engineer for Gaumont-British films before moving to Australia and taking up work in public relations.

In 1953 he became a full-time writer and produced nearly 200 novels between then and his retirement in 1981.

He also wrote as Tex Conrad and Caroline Farr.

His series heroes were Larry Baker, Danny Boyd, Paul Donavan, Rick Holman, Andy Kane, Randy Roberts, Mavis Siedlitz and Al Wheeler.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rick Holman ain’t no Mike Hammer. Fresh off a Mickey Spillane novel, I thought I’d give the prolific Carter Brown a try and I wasn’t disappointed, nor was I overly elated. In comparison, Rick Holman doesn’t possess the grit and blood-thirsty validation Mike Hammer carries in his gun holster. But this super slim novel (125 pages) is a fun read and although I found the humor to be uncharacteristic in this kind of genre, it was timed well in the places it needed to be. Plus, everyone has a drink at least every ten pages. You get Scotch and soda, and you get Scotch and soda...everyone gets Scotch and soda!!!

[Theresa Sivelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh....this was okay. I thought the writing was good as far as the descriptions, etc., and the story was probably good for it's time but not so much now. A little too stereotypical for my taste, but all in all not a bad "who dunit".